Heather Taylor, Co-Owner and Director at Taylor De Cordoba 

Interviewed for Refinery 29.

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What exact duties does your role encompass?
“Everything from planning exhibitions and managing relationships with my clients to opening mail and painting the walls. My normal day involves stopping by Surfas for a latte on my way to the office. Then, I have a quick meeting with my partner Alex and my assistant Lindsay, mapping out the week. Then we get to work — this involves client presentations, trips to the framers, press releases, event planning, studio visits, and client meetings.”

How did you score your job?
“Lots of hard work!”

What’s your most prized piece of art you own?
“A vintage photograph by Helen Levitt.”

What artists would you give your right arm to hang in your living room?
“Catherine Opie, Frida Kahlo, Cindy Sherman, Kara Walker, William Eggleston, and Manuel Alvarez Bravo.”

Wren Dress, Clare Vivier Bag, Barneys Shoes, Prada Sunglasses, Eddie Borgo Earrings, Grace Lee Bracelet, Claude Morady Ring

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Taylor De Cordoba

presents

FROHAWK TWO FEATHERS

All Gold Everything. An Elegy.

September 8 – October 27, 2012

Taylor De Cordoba is pleased to present All Gold Everything. An Elegy, a new series of paintings on paper by Los Angeles artist, Frohawk Two Feathers. The exhibition will run from September 8 – October 27, 2012 with an opening reception on Saturday, September 8th from 6 – 8PM.

All gold. All gold anything. (x4) I want. I want everything.
All gold. All gold anything. (x2) All gold. All gold everything.

So begins Soulja Boy and Young L’s 2011 hip-hop hit “All Gold Everything.”  And so ends the final chapter of Frohawk’s trilogy detailing the battles for and the eventual conquest of Hispaniola. Beginning in LA in 2011 and looping across the country to NY, Denver, and back to LA again, the story follows Andre Lafayette (a character loosely based on Toussaint L’Ouverture and Jean Jacques Dessalines) and his confederates as they eliminate (and co-opt) their former colonial masters, the Company Crocodile, and anyone who would stand in their way.

In his typical complex fashion, Frohawk weaves layered and at times clashing stories of falsified, glorified, and rectified histories that draw upon various traditions and religions, forming connections across time and geographical space.

Although still painted in his recognizable and signature style, the works in All Gold Everything. An Elegy highlight a brighter, more vivid, and tropical color palette of vibrant blues, yellows and lush greens.  Stylistically, Frohawk creates his own iconographic language, mixing Egyptian, Carib/Arawak, African, Pre-Columbian, and Abrahamic symbolism. This convergence of both domestic and imported religions and
cultural traditions results in a syncretism typical of Frohawk’s graphic interwoven tales.

Works include “Let Me Upgrade Ya,” and “Most Young Kings (The Death of Andre I)” demonstrating the artist’s continuous vocal narrative and visual mix of all things current and past.

Frohawk Two Feathers has exhibited internationally with shows in Miami, Berlin, Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C. and Cape Town. His work is currently on view at the MCA Denver for his solo exhibition We Buy Gold, We Buy Everything, We Sell Souls. The artist has been featured in myriad publications including Art in America, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Flaunt, New American Paintings and The Huffington Post, among others. He lives and works in Los Angeles.

Taylor De Cordoba is located at 2660 S. La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036. 310.559.9156

Gallery artist Hadley Holliday is featured in

XYZ: The Geometric Impulse in Abstract Art
Organized by Jessica Halonen and Emily Joyce

Linda Besemer
Claude Collins-Stracensky
Krysten Cunningham
Mark Hagen
Jessica Halonen
Hadley Holliday
Emily Joyce
Dennis Koch
Jessica Mallios
Brad Tucker

Opening reception Saturday, September 22nd, 6-9 pm
On view until Saturday, November 3rd

FREE ADMISSION
Torrance Art Museum
3320 Civic Center Drive
Torrance, CA 90503
310.618.6340
http://www.torranceartmuseum.com/

Gallery co-owner Heather Taylor talks with New American Paintings about artist Submissions…. What’s The Deal?

“What’s the Deal?” aims to provide artists, collectors, and art enthusiasts with an opportunity to hear the opinions and get tips from individuals that help run the art world. We have an amazing network of prominent art dealers and gallerists ready and willing to answer your questions. For this “What’s the Deal?” post, Heather Taylor, Co-Owner of Taylor De Cordoba, answers a question about best practices for an artist’s approach to submit works to a gallery. As always, we encourage you to share your opinion in the comments section.”

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Gallery artist Frohawk Two Feathers is featured on The Daily Candy weekend guide as the hot thing to see in LA.

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Gallery artist Sasha Bezzubov is part of an upcoming exhibition

The series ALBEDO ZONE is comprised of black and white photographs of glacial ice and glacier water. They were made in Alaska, consistent with a scientific system that calculates the degree of reflection of solar energy from the terrain, a technique that is important to the study of climate change. This reflective capacity is termed ‘albedo’. Ice reflects warmth, whereas water absorbes it, a mechanism that strengthens warming effects. Bezzubov made silver gelatin prints, which gives the spaces a delicate beauty.

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